the tiki swag I scored this holiday season
steel tiki made by my friend
And my birthday is less than a month away, who knows what else I will score _________________my mug collection
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On 2007-12-26 16:56, bigbrotiki wrote:Cool metal Tiki! Put it OVER the light socket...with the bulb hidden between the top and the middle mask, to create glowing eyes and mouths.

yeah that is the plan, I just tossed it up there to take a picture today and that is where the nail happened to be I have to rig something up so I can hang it over the light.
_________________my mug collection
http://www.flickr.com/photos/catmomma/sets/72157600099360996/

Do things that you gave to yourself count? It is kind of hard to find really original and unique Tiki presents for a hardcore Tikiphile like me, so much I have or have seen. So every now and then I spend a little more for an extra special piece that I cannot expect anyone else to go for, like this amazing vintage Louis Behan painting that I had always coveted and was glad to find still available. Now it is hanging in a place of honor in my home:

This piece is just so much the epitome of a Tiki lounge back bar painting (or it could be a mural), where you would sit nursing your Navy Grog and gaze at the exotic picture-scape that unfolds. It contains all the characters of story book Polynesia: Tikis, angry Kahunas and stately warriors, demure virgins to be sacrificed (in the nude, of course), and fiery volcanoes. Its naive style cannot be copied, it is authentic Polynesian pop, from a different time and a different place. (...happy sigh!)